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Ministry of Environment

Site Risk Classification

On June 1, 2010, the Land Remediation Section’s new site risk classification protocol came into effect under the Environmental Management Act. The new procedures are described in Protocol 12, “Site Risk Classification, Reclassification and Reporting.” (PDF/716 KB)

Protocol 12 identifies:

  • conditions for classifying contaminated sites as high risk,
  • notification procedures for all sites, and
  • reporting and reclassification requirements for high risk sites.

Fact Sheets

45
 Site Risk Classification (PDF/130 KB) updated june 2010

 

Administrative Guidance

10
 Site Risk Classification (PDF/142 KB) NEW JUNE 2010

 

Updates


Q&As


Forms

Protocols

11
 Upper Cap Concentrations for Substances Listed in the Contaminated Sites Regulation (PDF/474 KB) NEW June 2010
12
 Site Risk Classification, Reclassification and Reporting (PDF/716 KB) NEW June 2010
16
 Determining the Presence and Mobility of Nonaqueous Phase Liquids and Odorous Substances (PDF/143 KB) NEW June 2010

 

Laws and Regulations


For more information, contact the ministry at siteclassification@gov.bc.ca.

This page was last modified on: january 14, 2011